Mass General Pillow Pet Fundraiser

Students of the Week

Students of the Week: Tasheen Kashem, Hrishika Kotamarthi, Chloe Flaherty, Nicholas Ovesen, Tyson Le, and Morgan Berkeley

Congratulations to Tasheen Kashem, Hrishika Kotamarthi, Chloe Flaherty, Nicholas Ovesen, Tyson Le, and Morgan Berkeley. Tasheen, Hrishika, Chloe, Nicholas, Tyson, and Morgan have done great work showing appropriate, safe and kind behavior (ASK). Thank you for being role models!

Students of the Week

Students of the Week: Jake Goodwin, Ashley DeMartinis, Paige Mahoney, Elisha Katongole, Evan Peckham, Sofia Cleary, Anthony Montemarano, Keira Riley, Nolan Lopes, and Alexis Lambros

Congratulations to Jake Goodwin, Ashley DeMartinis, Paige Mahoney, Elisha Katongole, Evan Peckham, Sofia Cleary, Anthony Montemarano, Keira Riley, Nolan Lopes, and Alexis Lambros. Jake, Ashley, Paige, Elisha, Evan, Sofia, Anthony, Keira, Nolan, and Alexis have done great work showing appropriate, safe and kind behavior (ASK). Thank you for being role models!

Mrs. Cunha

Congratulations to Mrs. Cunha for receiving a Star Award from the Burlington Education
Foundation (BEF)! Thank you to the Skelly Family for making a donation to the BEF in Mrs. Cunha's name.

Kindness and Science

Mrs. Hoyt's kindergarten class has done great work showing appropriate, safe and kind behavior (ASK). As a class "Hoot" reward her students received additional science instruction.  Mr. Mussleman and Ms. Pavlicek from the Burlington Science Center visited the classroom to help provide instruction.

During my walk-through, I saw the kindergartens studying warm and cold blooded animals. The following infrared pictures are of an owl (our school mascot) and the kindergarten class with Mrs. Hoyt and Mr. Lyons.  The infrared camera helps the students understand the difference between warm and cold blooded animals.

Parents Night Out this Thursday 2/9!

Hello,

As part of the Burlington High School Student Council, our senior class is running a parents night out fundraiser this Thursday night, 2/9/2017, at the Burlington High School cafeteria. We have received very few responses to our fliers and realize that they may have been received after the due date. We encourage you to RSVP by email to ermoreira@verison.net or joconnell1098@gmail.com to let us know if you plan to come! We look forward to meeting all parents and children :)

Thank you,

Julie O'Connell & Emily Moreira

Grade 3 Science

Mrs. Cunha's third graders were doing research in their lab groups this morning during my walk-through. The students were studying magnetism.

Math

Ms. Varrell's second grade students are very proud of the multiple strategies they utilized to solve subtraction problems. The students shared how much they enjoy math with me during my walk-through this morning.

Accept the Challenge

This morning we had an all school assembly titled "Accept the Challenge." This program is designed to promote understanding and empathy of individual differences and challenges. The goal of the program and inclusive schools is for all students to learn strategies that will enable them to use their strengths to compensate for their vulnerabilities. I would like to thank Maureen Blazejewski and Karri Tabasky the developers of the program for presenting to us ways to support each other.

Grade 1 Field Trip

The first grade had a great field trip to Legoland today. Prior to the field trip all the first graders wrote Mr. Lyons persuasive letters that warranted the field trip. I had to not only approve the field trip but attend it too! I think I enjoyed it as much as the first graders.

Students of the Week

Students of the Week: Heather Ceurvels, Braeden Murphy, Colin Crzelak, Madison Saia, Mrs. Fitzpatrick's fifth grade class, and Ms. Lane's fifth grade class

Congratulations to Heather Ceurvels, Braeden Murphy, Colin Crzelak, Madison Saia, Mrs. Fitzpatrick's fifth grade class, and Ms. Lane's fifth grade class. Heather, Braeden, Colin, Madison, Mrs. Fitzpatrick's fifth grade class and Ms. Lane's fifth grade class have done great work showing appropriate, safe and kind behavior (ASK). Thank you for being role models!

Grade 5 Physical Education

In fifth grade Ms. Govoni has incorporated ice-skating as part of the physical education curriculum.  I would like to thank Ms. Govoni for all her hard work. It was wonderful to see ice-skating instruction promote self-esteem. The self-esteem and confidence gained by students during this program is applicable to not just physical education but, all academic areas.  

I greatly enjoyed skating with the fifth graders.  They thought it was fun to take an ice-skating selfie and do a grade 5 ice-skating "Dab."

Physical Education

First grade students in Ms. Govoni's physical education class played bowling during class today. The students also utilized their math skills in keeping score.

Grade 4 Research

Ms. Small, our teacher-librarian, showed fourth graders how to cite resources and recognize credible sources in Ms. Merlino's room today. Fourth graders are currently researching national parks.

I wish this technology was around when I had to do research in college and graduate school.

Global School Play Day 20117

                                                              

Mrs. Horton (RTI Tutor), Ms. Miliano (kindergarten instructional assistant), and Mrs. Burke (speech language pathologist) playing with students. 

Mrs. Hoyt (kindergarten teacher) playing with students. 

Ms. Ryan (speech language pathologist assistant) playing with students. 

Mrs. Kearney (kindergarten instructional assistant) playing withe students. 

Mrs. Parnell (kindergarten teacher) and Mrs. Perry (school psychologist) playing with students. 

Kindergarten classes at Pine Glen Elementary School today participated in Global School Play Day 2017 (GSPD). GSPD was promoted by Psychology Today and was celebrated by schools around the world. You can learn more about the benefits of unstructured play by visiting the official GSPD website: www.globalschoolplayday.com.  

Though the play day was unstructured, it was still well supervised by teachers. Staff supported and fostered the many social skills involved in play.  Turn taking, cooperation and mutual respect were modeled and practiced.  In addition, mathematical skills such as counting and recognizing greater than, less than as well as same and different were reinforced along with ELA communication skills throughout the day too.

It is our hope that this day of play will inspire all of us to plan for more unstructured play time in our student's lives.